Collectible Vinyl Records Singles

Rare and collectable records our list of rare vinyl and collectible records there are more hidden gems around our vinyl website but here s a list to get you started.

Collectible vinyl records singles.

These items are in the upper price bracket for their vinyl format but we may have missed some that are rare to you. For people of a certain age seven inch 45 rpm vinyl records are what music was and is all about. An iconic american punk record this cult 7 single by the pagans was released on neck reckords in 1977. This factor is pretty straightforward when it comes to vinyl records value.

Also known as singles because each side had a playing time of less than five minutes 45s. Here they are the 250 most sought after records in the uk with values ranging from 500 to almost infinity. Since we last compiled this list in december 2004 some of the big guns in the top ten have retained their positions but elsewhere. Amidst the burgeoning vinyl boom nobleoak an australian life insurance company worked with ian shirley the editor of record collector magazine s rare record price guide to determine the 50.

They just can t think of elvis without picturing that signature yellow sun record label or the beatles without recalling the label on all those capitol 45s with their trademark orange and yellow swirl. Here s what they came up with. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds. Only 200 are known to have been pressed and mint copies are as rare as hen s teeth.

Oddly enough the iconic record was met with mixed reviews rolling stone called. Extracted from our just published rare record price guide 2008 the ultimate collector s bible these are the ones that we dream of finding. A lot of albums sold in the 1970s and early 1980s sold millions of copies when new and as such it isn t difficult to find copies in nice.